SNC1923
04-06-2007, 06:19 PM
I've been pining for a GS for a good long while. . . . All of my riding buddies are on GSs. Many of our local roads are dilapidated asphalt. We all enjoy going M/C camping. Make a lot of trips to Death Valley, which is in our back yard. My RT was getting a little long in the tooth.
I agonized for months. Did I want to add a GS to the garage, or did I want to replace the RT with a GSA. I test rode one (a buddy's) and it was really tall for my 29-inch inseam.
And so it was that the wife and I took a ride to the coast yesterday to visit one of our newer BMW dealers, BMW of Ventura. No sooner did we arrive that we learned that a GSA had just been assembled and test-driven, but was not on the sales floor yet. I began a lengthy and informative discussion on GSs and GSAs. One thing led to another. . . .
I picked out a few accessories and they put 3 guys on the bike to prep it. In the meantime, my wife, companions and I went to lunch at the local Denny's.
http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/141639394-L.jpg
This was to be our last ride on the RT. My wife, interestingly, experienced some minor emotion about letting the RT go.
http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/141639534-L.jpg
Her spirits brightened, however, when we returned--we found this waiting for us.
http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/141639767-L.jpg
Israel takes it for a showroom spin.
http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/141639939-L.jpg
I know it's pretty much already been said by all those who've bought one of these, but WOW, what a bike. Comfortable, smooth, nimble, wind-protected, curve-devouring, curb-hopping wonderfulness. I couldn't be happier with this long-anticipated and long-delayed purchase.
Here's a few photos from around town today:
http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/141637513-L.jpg
Hart Park
http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/141637805-L.jpg
http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/141638458-L.jpg
http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/141637250-L.jpg
In the event that you're interested, the "Indian at the Circle," was a long-standing landmark in Bakersfield. For many years it dominated the town's central traffic circle. Ironically, locals used to shoot it with arrows. After being decomissioned by the city, it led a brief life as a school mascot, but was removed as times progressed. For more than a decade it reclined in a refuse yard, but now adorns the parking lot of a local watering hole favored by bikers.
Thanks for reading.
I agonized for months. Did I want to add a GS to the garage, or did I want to replace the RT with a GSA. I test rode one (a buddy's) and it was really tall for my 29-inch inseam.
And so it was that the wife and I took a ride to the coast yesterday to visit one of our newer BMW dealers, BMW of Ventura. No sooner did we arrive that we learned that a GSA had just been assembled and test-driven, but was not on the sales floor yet. I began a lengthy and informative discussion on GSs and GSAs. One thing led to another. . . .
I picked out a few accessories and they put 3 guys on the bike to prep it. In the meantime, my wife, companions and I went to lunch at the local Denny's.
http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/141639394-L.jpg
This was to be our last ride on the RT. My wife, interestingly, experienced some minor emotion about letting the RT go.
http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/141639534-L.jpg
Her spirits brightened, however, when we returned--we found this waiting for us.
http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/141639767-L.jpg
Israel takes it for a showroom spin.
http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/141639939-L.jpg
I know it's pretty much already been said by all those who've bought one of these, but WOW, what a bike. Comfortable, smooth, nimble, wind-protected, curve-devouring, curb-hopping wonderfulness. I couldn't be happier with this long-anticipated and long-delayed purchase.
Here's a few photos from around town today:
http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/141637513-L.jpg
Hart Park
http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/141637805-L.jpg
http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/141638458-L.jpg
http://SNC1923.smugmug.com/photos/141637250-L.jpg
In the event that you're interested, the "Indian at the Circle," was a long-standing landmark in Bakersfield. For many years it dominated the town's central traffic circle. Ironically, locals used to shoot it with arrows. After being decomissioned by the city, it led a brief life as a school mascot, but was removed as times progressed. For more than a decade it reclined in a refuse yard, but now adorns the parking lot of a local watering hole favored by bikers.
Thanks for reading.